bacterium
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This gap in knowledge has been especially noticeable for E. coli, a bacterium that frequently appears in samples from infected wounds but has not been well studied in this context.
From Science Daily
"We use it to film each individual bacterium over several days and observe whether and how quickly a drug actually kills it," explains Lucas Boeck.
From Science Daily
The researchers discovered higher levels of Streptococcus mutans -- a common oral bacterium known for causing dental caries -- in the gut microbiomes of people with Parkinson's.
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This gene was linked to higher levels of Paraprevotella, a bacterium believed to feed on these sugars.
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By contrast, it takes ingesting thousands of salmonella particles to get sick from that bacterium.
From Los Angeles Times
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